Sanborn Named to City Manager Post in Chanute
Kenneth Sanborn age 60 was chosen by Chanute city commissioners to become city manager replacing interim manager Ross Cooper on July 16. He comes from Coffeyville where he served as city manager since December 1967. salary set at 17000 per year with unanimous selection based on strong references.
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Terry Koch
Kenneth Sanborn
Chanute
City Commission
Sanborn
Coffeyville
Ross Cooper
New City Commission
Don Manning
John Schultz
Manning
Cooper
Schultz
Kansas League of Municipalities
Vesta Lightfoot
Edmond
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Smith County
Kansas
United States Treasury Department
Mankato
Wamego
Augusta
Junction City
Farm Experts Fooled By Bumper Wheat Crop
The four-county region ends harvest with a surprise bumper wheat yield. Early forecasts of thin stands and low output gave way to rapid threshing and high test weights around 61 to 63 pounds per bushel with moisture near 13 percent. Fields expected 15 to 20 bushels per acre now run 25 to 35.
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Wilson County
Allen County
Chanute Observes Postal Service Day With Events
Chanute joins nationwide Postal Service Day celebrations with a visitÐfree souvenir envelopes and a first day cover for eight cents. Mrs Florence Kelley postmaster said access to a booklet on the new U S Postal Service and refreshments will be offered to the public.
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Chanute
United States Postal Service
Florence Kelley
U. S
Postal Service
U. S. Postal Service
Kelley
Sexy Salesman in Miami Aims to Break Stereotypes
Jean Leonardi, a 25-year-old deskworker turned car salesman, works curbside for a Miami Ford agency and ranks among its top 10. The piece notes her success as a rare female in auto sales and her habit of wearing pants or skirts to work.
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South
Jean
Miami
Ford
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
Intercepted correspondence notes a request to translate grain yield figures into liquid measures for clearer understanding. The brief hints at a wartime or logistical context and mentions helpers named Cha and Yeurs.
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Cha
Variety Scheduled For Altoona Days
Altoona Celebration Days runs Friday and Saturday with events including 1 p.m kids races at the grade school playground led by Wayne Payne, 3 p.m horse shoe pitching at the football field directed by Dale Newton, queen contest at 8 p.m. Friday, and a 9:30 a.m. Saturday baby contest at the junior high auditorium. The schedule adds the 10:30 parade, noon fishing derby at Harkrad er's pond, 2 p.m rodeo in Mullins Park, 5 p.m team pulling, 6:30 p.m. bean feed, 7:30 amateur hour, and a street dance 9 p.m. to midnight hosted by local volunteers and Lions Club.
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Wayne Payne
Dale Newton
Sweet Town Gems
LOL
Harkrader’s
Carl Kuntz
Lions Club
Bill
Elizabeth Hansen
Collins Bait Shop
Don
Phyllis Mustain
Edith Kuntz
Weather forecast from area desk
Fair to partly cloudy and windy through Wednesday. Low tonight expected 70 to 75 degrees with highs on Wednesday in the 90s to near 95.
Blight confirmed in two corn fields near Erie
Paul Kelly, Neosho County agricultural agent, said blight has been confirmed in two fields northeast of Erie and reported in other Kansas counties including Allen and Woodson. He noted the disease begins on lower leaves and can spread to the ear, reducing production but dry weather helps control it and the corn is likely to yield a pretty good crop.
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Larry Tiemann
Coffey County
Neosho River
Erie
Paul Kelly
Neosho County
Kansas
Allen and
Woodson
Kelly
Gambling probe continues at American Legion in Iola Kansas
State investigators under Atty General Vern Miller press on with the Iola Legion gambling inquiry. Pat Connolly and Jack Williams aid the probe as Mitchell Bushey notes cooperation from county officials. Separately a House Commerce panel votes to hold CBS and Frank Stanton in contempt over The Selling of the Pentagon materials after a secret session.
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Iola
Kan
American Legion
Atty
Vern Miller
Miller
Mitchell Bushey
Topeka
Pat Connolly
Jack Williams
Washington
House Commerce
Columbia Broadcasting System
Frank Stanton
Congress
Pentagon
Committee
Nixon Vetoes 5.6 Billion Public Works Bill
President Nixon vetoed a 5.6 billion public works package saying it would not even start delivering on creating jobs. He directed his veto at a 2 billion section intended for pump priming projects in areas with high unemployment.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Henkle Reinstated as Great Bend Postmaster After Board Relief
Joseph W. Henkle Sr., a former Kansas lieutenant governor, is reinstated as Great Bend postmaster after Civil Service Appeals Board clears him of charges. He was relieved on May 28, 1970, and will be paid for 13 months retroactively. In Topeka Gov Docking urges exhausting cost cuts before welfare board reductions, stressing support for the needy.
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Great Bend
Kan
Joseph W. Henkle Sr
Kansas
Henkle
Civil Service Appeals Board
Washington
Civil Service
Topeka
Robert Docking
State Social Welfare Board
Docking
William C. Graham
Wichita
Castration Valued as Cure for Baldness by British Doctor
London AP reports a Edinburgh University dermatologist argues castration is the only measure to prevent or cure baldness. Eunuchs from hairline families are said to avoid hair loss, while heredity and male hormones in adolescence trigger pattern baldness.
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London
Edinburgh University
Patrick Hare
British Medical Association
Hare
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Tioga
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Salina
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Farmers Service Center
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Rieder
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W. Main
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N. Lafayette
Board of Zoning Appeals
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W. 2Nd
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Fred Johnson
Johnson Mortuary
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